This presentation gives a quick lesson on the 5 informational text structures. It begins with a review of informational texts vs. literary texts, then explains the text structures (description, cause and effect, order and sequence, problem and solution, and compare and contrast). Each slide has a definition, signal words, and an example of a graphic organizer for each text structure. Since this is normally taught right before winter break in my classes, the presentation has a sweet candy cane th